"There is no wisdom but in death"

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Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

“I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, there's a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it.”
“I think because I try to keep things as real as I can, or I try to start from a place of reality, I almost don't have the imagination to write a book that's not set where I am.”

Source : "'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' author Maria Semple talks about her new book". Interview with Molly Driscoll, www.csmonitor.com. October 3, 2012.
“That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to the Final against Brazil. We should remember that this summer.”
“Every man should measure himself by his own standard. [Lat., Metiri se quemque suo modulo ac pede verum est.]”
“As long as there is life there is hope.”

Source : Ruth Minsky Sender (2016). “The Cage”, p.206, Simon and Schuster
“If I ever wrote a book on preaching, it would contain three words: Preach the Word. Get rid of all the other stuff that gets you sidetracked; preach the Word.”
“Birth control has almost completely and totally disappeared from the global health agenda, and the victims of this paralysis are the people of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.”
“The [tenth] amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered.”

Source : United States v. Darby Lumber Company, 312 U.S. 100, (124), 1941.

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